An exceptional family house of more than five thousand square feet has come to the market with Jackson-Stops & Staff. Set within the prime residential area of Southdown, just a couple of miles to the south of Winchester, this superb home sits high above the Itchen Valley and local amenities can be found nearby in Otterbourne, Compton and Shawford, including a mainline train station easily reached by walking across Shawford Down.

The house is approached from Cross Way through electrically operated wooden gates, set in established boundaries, which open to a long driveway up to the house and double garage. Mature gardens surround the house and are well screened by mature hedging and trees which enclose sweeping lawns and stone paved terraces extending in all to about two thirds of an acre.

This imposing house has been completely remodelled and refurbished to the highest standard to now offer extensive accommodation with flexibility to meet the demands of busy family lifestyles.

Double entrance doors make a statement and open into a spacious hall with a walk-in cloaks cupboard and double doors on both flanks to the kitchen on one side and the wonderful reception hall on the other. The formal reception rooms radiate from here including the drawing room, sitting room, study and dining room which also links back to the kitchen. Oak units with black polished granite work surfaces with a full range of integrated appliances make the kitchen a masterpiece and very much the heart of the home. Double doors open from the kitchen into a large family room which has French doors to the garden. There is also a utility room and cloakroom.

Stairs from the reception hall rise to a fine galleried landing in the centre of the house which branches off to seven bedrooms, four with their own bath or shower room and there is also a family bathroom.

The staircase continues up to a substantial second floor which has been divided into a large games room and a sitting area

A guide price of £1,800,000 is quoted by Jackson-Stops & Staff and further details are available by calling the Winchester office on 01962 844299